All Hunter students and employees receive a OneCard as their official campus photo ID, which they can use to access Hunter college facilities and services. Below are answers to frequently asked questions about how the OneCard is issued, replaced, managed and used.
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To obtain an ID card, make an appointment at OneCard. Then go to the OneCard Stations that are located in the West Building Room 203 or the corner of the West Building Lobby.
All students MUST bring:
New employees must fill out appropriate paperwork in the Office of Human Resources before going to the OneCard Office for their photo ID.
The Hunter College OneCard is used for security and safety matters, admission to various college facilities and events, access to certain buildings and rooms and to utilize library services and public computers.
If you are an affiliate or vendor, the department that you will be reporting to will need to request that a temporary ID be created for you.
You can manage your OneCard account online.
Soon employees and students will be able to obtain an electronic version of the Hunter College identification card on their smart phone or iPhone devices. Until then, the physical ID card distributed by the OneCard Office remains the only official identification for access to buildings, venues and other services, and when requested by a college official.
The identification card must be shown to any Hunter College personnel upon request.
If an identification card is lost, stolen or destroyed, students and employees may obtain a replacement card by going to the OneCard Office. There is a $10 replacement fee.
Upon termination of employment, employees must hand in their identification card to the Office of Human Resources, where it will be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety and OneCard Office.
If the employee is continuing as a student, the individual may obtain a student identification card at the OneCard Office.
Hunter College Photo ID/ OneCard (completed in OneCard Office).
There is a $10 replacement fee for lost or damaged ID cards.
Go to either Bursars Office, which is located in Hunter North 2nd Floor, or to the OneCard Kiosk Machine on the 1st Floor West Building to obtain a replacement.
Hunter College ID/ OneCard provides these services to the Hunter College community:
Where you can load money on your card.
| Building | Kiosk Machine Location |
| Main Campus North Building | 10th Floor |
| 3rd Floor | |
| Main Campus Thomas Hunter Building | 2nd Floor |
| Main Campus West Building | 2nd Floor |
| Main Campus East Building | 3rd Floor near the Café |
| Library 3rd Floor | |
| Library 4th Floor |
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| Brookdale Campus | 1st Floor West Building |
| 2nd Floor Outside the Library | |
| Silberman School of Social Work | 1st Floor inside the Library |
Where you can print.
| Building | Printing Locations |
| Silberman | 1st Floor Library |
| Brookdale | Brookdale Lab E015 |
| 1st Floor Cafeteria | |
| 1st Floor Game room | |
| 2nd Floor Library | |
| Main Campus 68th Street | North Building Room 1001D |
| North Building Room 1001F | |
| North Building Room 1001G | |
| Thomas Hunter Building 2nd Floor Quick Print Room | |
| West Building 6th Floor room 607 | |
| East Building 9th Floor the Seek | |
| East Building Library floors B2 to 7th Floor |
You will need to have a Hunter College Identification Cards/OneCard to print on OneCard printers. For more information, please contact the OneCard Office.
203 West Building
The West Building entrance is on Lexington Ave. and E. 68th St.
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065
212-650-3191
OneCard@hunter.cuny.edu
Fall and Spring Hours
| Monday | 9am-6pm |
| Tuesday | 9am-5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am-5pm |
| Thursday | 9am-6pm |
| Friday | 9am-5pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
The OneCard Office is open for appointments on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
Appointments can be booked in advance for up to one week from the current date. If you need a later date appointment, please come back later.
Make an appointment and come to theOneCardStations that is located in the West Building Room 203 or the corner of the West Building Lobby.
You need a photo ID (i.e state ID or passport) and know your employer ID number.
Your Employer ID is an eight digit unique identifier (within CUNY) for every person entered into CUNYfirst.
Students can find their 8 Digit CUNYfirst ID (Emplid) in CUNYfirst. Follow these steps.
A OneCard Replacement is $10 and you have to go to either Bursars Office, which is located in Hunter North 2nd Floor, or to the OneCard Kiosk Machine on the 1st Floor West Building.
If you left your Hunter ID card at home, you will have to get a temporary badge from the Visitor Center desk in the West Building Lobby.
Identification cards expire upon leaving the college or upon a student’s graduation.
You would have to go to CUNYfirst and fill out the preferred name change. Please print out the changes and bring it to the OneCard Office for an associate to update your name in the system. Once you have submitted a name change form to the registrar, it will take a week for the change to take on the Hunter College ID.
You can use your dining account at the cafeteria or the cafés around campus and Brookdale Campus.
You can deposit funds to your flex or dining account by using the OneCard Kiosk Machines that are located around campus, or you can manage your account online.
You can transfer funds from either account. But you would need to reach out to a OneCard Office associate and they would have to do it for you.
Yes, you have until the time you graduate Hunter College to use your funds that you have on your Hunter OneCard.
Yes, once you get a new Hunter ID/OneCard everything transfers over automatically in about one hour.
If you are having issues accessing a building or lab with your OneCard, please come see an associate at the OneCard Office to troubleshoot.
No, if you request a Hunter College photo ID, only the individual requesting the ID can pick up the OneCard.
Hunter College will issue photo identification cards to staff, faculty, students and others associated with the college to verify their identity and manage their access to Hunter College services and facilities. The OneCard Office provides an interactive campus ID card with superior innovative technologies in financial and access transactions to our diverse customer base, including faculty, staff, students and affiliates.
To affirm Hunter College ID/OneCard as the official identification for employees, students and others associated with the college, as well as to provide clarity on how the identification card is issued, replaced, used and managed.
Faculty, staff, and students and others associated with Hunter College.